LF: AeroMobil is launching a flying car that you can actually buy this year

Title: AeroMobil is launching a flying car that you can actually buy this year
Source: Inhabitat
URL Source: http://inhabitat.com/aeromobil-is-l ... ou-can-actually-buy-this-year/
Published: Apr 11, 2017
Author: Kristine Lofgren
Post Date: 2017-04-14 23:02:14 by Deckard
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Views: 620
Comments: 3

We’ve been waiting for flying cars ever since the 1960s – and they’re set to become a viable reality this year. AeroMobil just announced that it is ready to launch its futuristic flying car – and you’ll actually be able to buy one in a few months. The company plans to show off the latest iteration of the car/plane hybrid next week in Monaco, with pre-orders starting later this year.

According to the company, “AeroMobil is a completely integrated aircraft as well as a fully functioning four-wheeled car, powered by hybrid propulsion.” So far, we don’t know how much the futuristic car will cost, or any real specifics, but we do know that the company is aiming to revolutionize the way we get around. “AeroMobil aims to make personal transportation vastly more efficient and environmentally friendly by allowing significantly faster door-to-door travel for medium distance trips and in areas with limited or missing road infrastructure.”

AeroMobil revealed an early prototype of their flying car several years ago, and since then, they’ve been hard at work creating a car that fits within existing regulatory frameworks for both cars and airplanes, which means it will be a viable form of transportation in the very near future. They plan to show off the latest model at the supercar show Grimaldi Forum in Monaco from April 20 until April 24.

Meh. The rational for buying one drops sharply when you get into actual use cases.

If someone was constantly flying in and out of rural airports and didn't want to rent a car, this might make sense. Somewhat.

It's not a very good car or a very good plane. A worst-of-both-worlds from what I can see. And it's ugly, not something the doctors or lawyers or businessmen will want to spend money on. Instead they'll buy what they buy now: a BMW sedan and a small plane they keep at the airport.

Really? We can build amazon prime air drones to use for delivery and spying on people yet the thought of a flying car has no actual use. Don't tell that to the Disney company.

I think we'll have "flying cars". But they will be quadcopters, not fixed-wing or folding wing designs. And they will just be aircraft, not autos.

This thing seems sad and even laughable. Who would buy it? For what purpose? Commuting into the city for work? Traveling for business? What customer would have any practical use for it?

A rich dude's toy, assuming they ever manage to sell any. And later, a rich dude's way to off himself pointlessly.